Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 755 754 Information Cocoon
Tang Zhitong rode his bicycle and took Zhang Yongxiang to Qianmen Station.

There are many buses going out of the city. Line 37 starts from Qianmen and ends at Shijingshan, passing through the commune where Zhang Yongxiang is located.

For Zhang Yongxiang, steps and time are worthless, and he doesn't want to spend the money, but Tang Zhitong disagrees.

Taking the bus not only saves time, but also saves physical energy. What's more, the full-trip ticket price of bus No. 37 is only cents, which is a drop in the bucket for Tang Zhitong.

Tang Zhitong bought a ticket for Zhang Yongxiang, sent him on the bus, and watched the bus drive away before turning around and riding back.

After returning home, I had to report the situation to Zhang Guifang.

Fengzhi was beaten and sobbed, but Tang Zhitong did not comfort her.

Children of eight or nine years old can no longer be classified as ignorant children. They should know and obey the most basic rules of facial expressions and good and bad manners.

Tang Zhitong could tolerate his sister being a little greedy, but he could not accept her being impolite.

While the child is still young, give him a beating and he will be able to change. If you let it develop uncontrollably, you will regret it later.

After talking to his mother for a few words, when Tang Zhitong returned to the room, Xiao Wang was struggling with the newspaper.

Although his family bought a sewing machine, Xiao Wang had only made small items before, such as pencil cases, school bags, altering trouser legs, and making patches, and had no experience in making formal clothes.

Occasionally, neighbors would come to ask Xiao Wang to make clothes for them, but she would refuse on the grounds that she didn't know how to do it. However, she would take on small jobs like altering trouser legs.

There are all kinds of comments about Xiao Wang's behavior behind his back, some say he looks down on him, and some support him: "Aren't you just trying to take advantage and save some money? How can Eucalyptus's process it for you if they can't make it? Who will be responsible if it's damaged? Not only do they not charge you, they even give you a piece of cloth?"

As time went by, the family grew larger and they had a sewing machine, so Wang started making clothes.

Although she had been learning before, it was only in the theoretical stage, and she was worried about wasting the cloth when she put it into practice.

So, she planned to practice with newspaper first, draw lines on it with a pencil, cut it out, and then measure it on her husband to make sure it was the right size before starting with the fabric.

Tang Zhitong is a qualified clothes hanger. After cooperating with Xiao Wang, he continued to sit at the table to draw the design of the buckle, while Xiao Wang marked the lines and cut the cloth on the sewing machine.

For a moment, the room was very quiet.

Time is quiet and good, nothing better than this.

Monday, April 4th.

After breakfast, Tang Zhitong did not travel with Xiao Wang, but went to the escort department. The reason he told Xiao Wang was naturally that he had official business at the unit.

After leaving Yongding Gate, Tang Zhitong found an inconspicuous corner, pulled out five hens and stuffed them into a sack. They were all a little over a year old, which was the time when they were laying eggs vigorously and striving for a better future.

The hen still looked the same as when it was sold two years ago, with its legs tied and its crop full.

At that time, there were rumors that everything would be confiscated, so some farmers near the construction site sold everything they could.

Also, because chickens, ducks, and geese were charged by unit weight at that time, farmers would deliberately feed them some grain before selling the poultry to increase their weight so that they could sell them for more money.

Sister Chen came very early today. She took out the hens from the sack that Tang Zhitong brought and checked them carefully one by one. First, she checked whether the weight was up to standard, then checked whether the feathers were neat and the length of the meat cubes on the claws, and finally confirmed the degree of grinding of the chicken's beak.

Tang Zhitong looked at Sister Chen's experienced techniques and nodded secretly. If he had not worked on the construction site for a period of time, he would not have known many ways to "identify chickens". Although he was forced to do so at the time, he learned very hard.

Many details on a chicken are used to determine its age and health.

It is easy to understand why checking weight is important. Only those who are heavy can be considered well-nourished.

Feathers are a reference for distinguishing the age of chickens. The feathers of young chickens give people a "childish" feeling at first glance. It is difficult to describe specifically, but you can tell at a glance.

There are also differences between the beaks of young chickens and adult chickens. The beaks of young chickens are softer, while those of adult chickens are hardened. In addition, the degree of wear on the beak is also one of the criteria for determining the health of the chicken.

The last and most important thing is chicken feet.

Normally, domestic chickens have four toes on each foot, but there is also a small bulge above the toes. This bulge is not obvious at first, but will gradually become larger as the chicken ages.

Those that have no bulges but claim to be "old hens" are 100% scams.

The chicken claws with bulges like the one shown in the picture below are the real old hens. In the chicken world, they are at least long-lived, and may even be able to understand human language!

If I use it to make soup to nourish my body, I don’t know the quality of the meat. I’m afraid it will be tough.
Sister Chen checked carefully and Tang Zhitong did not rush her. He just waited quietly by the side, not afraid of the inspection at all. He was very confident in the chickens he collected.

As expected, after checking everything, Sister Chen put the hen down, patted the dust off her hands with satisfaction, and said, "Chief Tang, I'm sorry for your trouble."

"You're too polite, Sister Chen. This is my job. You've given me the opportunity to help everyone, and I can't thank you enough." Tang Zhitong said very politely, not wanting to take credit for it.

"You are really good at talking. Okay, you still have classes at school, right? I have already wasted your time, go quickly." Sister Chen smiled and urged Tang Zhitong to go to school.

"It's okay. I asked the teacher for leave. I won't go there today. I have to finish my work at the unit first. Where do you plan to raise the chickens? I'll take them over." There was only one class in the morning on Monday. It would be almost ten o'clock when he went to the escort office and then back. He would have two more classes at most before school was over. It was not enough time to go through so Tang Zhitong planned to skip class for another day.

"Then let's put it at the entrance of the cafeteria so everyone can see it. The logistics staff will build a nest as soon as they get to work. I've told Lao Gao to take care of it and pick up eggs and so on." Tang Zhitong was also involved in raising chickens, so Sister Chen told him about the follow-up arrangements as a form of supervision.

"Sister Chen has thought it through carefully. I believe everyone will be satisfied." Tang Zhitong said as he picked up the chickens, two in his left hand and three in his right hand, and lifted them up by the claws.

The hens were full of energy and struggled again. Sister Chen was very satisfied when she saw the spirit of the hens.

After putting the chicken down, Tang Zhitong tied the sack on the back seat and returned to the Finance Department.

Under normal circumstances, the Finance Department does not have much work to do. It is nothing more than calculating wages and reimbursing employees' travel expenses, medical expenses, hospitalization expenses, nursery school fees, and railway station freight.

But there are also special cases, such as pensions, relief or subsidies for work-related injuries, disability, and death, and pregnancy check fees, delivery fees, and childbirth subsidies for female employees. Each category contains small categories, which cannot be wrong. A small mistake may result in a difference of hundreds of yuan, so multiple checks and verifications are inevitable.

Tang Zhitong processed the documents accumulated over the past few days, signed them and handed them over to Ma Wei, filing those that needed to be filed and sending those that needed to be sent to the Municipal Bureau.

Ma Wei is a subordinate who makes Section Chief Tang very worry-free. She never misses any work and even helps to tidy up Tang Zhitong's desk.

Who wouldn't be accommodating to such subordinates?
In return, Tang Zhitong told Ma Wei that she might have to pay for cloth coupons when buying clothes in the future. This girl came from a well-off family and was at the age where she loved beauty. Except for her work clothes, all her other clothes looked ready-made. Tang Zhitong thought this news might be useful to her.

"Thank you, Chief. I haven't heard the letter yet. Now that you say that, I have a reason to buy clothes and then withdraw the money I saved." Ma Wei was not surprised by this. She had an excuse to buy clothes.

"Okay, just don't blame me for your financial loss later." Tang Zhitong said cheerfully, and tactfully advised Ma Wei to spend rationally. Irrational consumption is a big pitfall at any time, and many couples even turn against each other and divorce because of it.

"Hey, that's called taking less." Ma Wei understood and smiled in response, but seemed not to take it too seriously.

Tang Zhitong smiled and said, "Never mind. The other person earned the money himself and his parents didn't stop him, so there was no reason for him to interfere too much."

As Tang Zhitong had been busy last week, he had not followed current affairs much. Now that he had some free time, he would go through the newspapers and periodicals on the desk and learn the spirit of what they said.

First was a directive, the main content of which criticized the excessive number of meetings and called for fewer meetings and more implementation.

Tang Zhitong reflected on himself and decided that it had little to do with him, so he moved on to the next one.

Next is about the construction of public canteens. We will praise those who have done well, require local areas to learn from them, and even require cities to set up communes to promote canteens.

The idea is good, but the step is indeed a bit too big and does not fit the overall disaster environment.

The last piece of news was that the annual large-scale conference was held in Sijiu City. Tang Zhitong took a look at the grain production data there. It was a lot less than last year, but higher than the year before.

This reminded Tang Zhitong of the days when he worked like a slave for the capitalists. The boss was most concerned about two things: signing the order and collecting the payment.

Relatively less attention has been paid to how to implement it in detail.

When customers are dissatisfied and payments are delayed due to Party B's faults, project managers often dare not report the matter truthfully. Instead, they always report that everything is fine and make up some data and actions to show the boss, trying to wrap the boss in an information cocoon so that they can get a few extra months' salary.

In the end, I couldn't hide it anymore and the only thing I could do was to be fired or leave my job. Anyway, I got the money and I wasn't the one affected.

Finally, package yourself well, change city, change company and you will be a good person with a good salary.

However, food is different from other things. If it doesn’t exist, it doesn’t exist. It cannot be created out of thin air.

When food is scarce in big cities and cannot be mobilized, the lie will no longer be able to continue.

At this moment, the phone suddenly rang.

The ring volume of phones these days cannot be adjusted, so it is easy to scare people. If you have a weak heart, I don’t know if you will be sent to death.

It should not be difficult to adjust the volume of the ringtone. Radios now have this function. I don’t know why no one has thought about this. Is it because the parts are too large?

Tang Zhitong's mind was in a mess. He picked up the phone and asked, "Hello, Escort Department, who is this?"

"Xiao Tang? I'm Ding Hui." There was a crackling sound coming from the other end of the phone.

"Hey, Director Ding, the flowers I've been waiting for have wilted." Tang Zhitong finally perked up after hearing this.

I've been busy recently and haven't had time to ask Ding Hui about borrowing the laboratory from the Academy of Sciences. Unexpectedly, he called me on his own initiative. I have to seize the opportunity to mention it.

"It's that matter. It took a lot of effort and work to finally coordinate it." Ding Hui understood what Tang Zhitong meant and directly stated his purpose.

Although there was no subject in Ding Hui's words, Tang Zhitong knew that he was telling him how difficult the coordination work was. He smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, Director Ding. I'm sorry for your trouble! I knew you were the right person for this matter."

"Haha, no need to flatter me. When you achieve results, just don't forget our Science and Technology Commission." Ding Hui tactfully put forward his request.

"I am a member of the Science and Technology Association, and the Science and Technology Commission is my family. How can I do something that is ungrateful to my roots? I will come to you now to handle the formalities." Tang Zhitong understood and gave a guarantee. At the same time, he also thanked Ding Hui in his heart for his trust in him. He really had high hopes for him!
"You don't have to come all the way here. I have already communicated with the Academy of Sciences. You can take your credentials from the Science and Technology Association and go directly to the Academy of Sciences on Wenjin Street to find President Qiu Han to go through the formalities. They will tell you what to do next. Just make sure to cooperate with the schedule." Ding Hui knew some of Tang Zhitong's situation. He felt that he had many duties, and he had to go to school, work, and invent, so his time was tight, so he considered these details very carefully.

"Okay, thank you Director Ding!" Tang Zhitong was happy and planned to leave immediately after hanging up the phone. Wenjin Street is great, he can go find classmate Xiao Wang for lunch!

Tang Zhitong didn’t know whether this Dean Qiu was a full-time or deputy dean, but anyone who could be called “Dean” couldn’t be of a very low rank.

No matter what, Ding Hui really made a contribution by contacting someone of this level to coordinate the laboratory.

After asking who Dean Qiu was, Tang Zhitong hung up the phone.

The surname Qiu is not very common and is far less famous than the "Qiu" in "Qiu Chuji".

But before the rise of Confucianism, there was actually no one with the surname "Qiu", all were "Qiu".

Because Confucius' name was "Qiu", in order to avoid the taboo of the name of the Great Sage and Teacher, King Wenxuan, the imperial court ordered the surname "Qiu" to be added with the character "Er", and thus it evolved into "Qiu".

After liberation, people no longer paid much attention to these things, and many people with the surname "Qiu" changed their names back to "Qiu". So in the following period of time, "Qiu" and "Qiu" coexisted.

Tang Zhitong put the newspapers and magazines back in their places, packed up his personal belongings, said goodbye to Ma Wei and left.

When he came in the morning, the wind was still blowing from the south. When he went out this time, Tang Zhitong felt that the wind direction seemed to have changed. He looked up at the sky, but didn't see any changes. The clouds were normal.

It has been a long time since it rained. Tang Zhitong is looking forward to a change in wind direction. The north wind will blow. The collision of cold and hot air currents may bring down rain. Now is the critical period for wheat growth. If there is a heavy rain, the wheat in the field will survive, and the lives of the members will have hope.

(End of this chapter)